Hair curler



Patented Dec. 9, 1941 UNITED STATES f st-TENT 0F FI CFE HAIR CURLER.

Adolph Reiter, New York, N. Y.

Application December 4, 1940, Serial No. 368,420

"9 Claims.

This invention relates to hair curlers and has for its principal objectto provide a construction which will be not only-simple and cheap tomanufa'ctureb'ut which can be used, even while sleeping, without causingany discomfort to the user.

The hitherto u'sed hair curlers are made either wholly or partly ofmetal and have the disadvantage that pressure is "caused on the head ofthe user due to the stiffness of the materials of said curlers.

To accomplish my object and thereby obviate the disadvantages of saidold curlers, I construct my curler so that soft material for all partsthereof can be used.

In the accompanying drawing which constitutes part of this specificationand in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of my curler.

Figure 2 is a cross section on line 22 of Fig, 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a modified construction of the curler,and

Figure 4 is a side elevation of another modification.

Referring to the drawing more in detail, first to the modification shownin Figs. 1 and 2, my new hair curler comprises a cylindrical member IDmade of soft, flexible material, such as soft rubber, sponge rubber orthe like. This member may be either tubular with open or closed ends, orsolid. Attached with both ends to said member, is a resilient elementll, of soft flexible material, such as an elastic cord or the like,which extends longitudinally over the outer face of said member I0. Inthe present embodiment the attachment of said elastic cord is obtainedby passing the ends thereof through holes Illa of said member andknotting the same inside said member as at Ila. This element II isadapted to engage and clamp the hair between itself and the member I0 asshown in the drawing. Suitably attached to one end of said member I0 isa loop l2 of elastic material or the like which is capable of engaging anotch or notches 10b provided in the opposite end of said member. Said100p when stretched longitudinally over said member and snapped into anotch lob will fasten the curler in curling position to the hair of theuser.

In the modification shown in Figure 3, instead of an elastic cord, aclamping tongue or flap l3 of soft flexible material such as soft rubberis used. This tongue is permanently attached to the member at one endonly and extends freely longitudinally over the outer face of saidmember. The attachment thereof may be effected by gluing or in any othersuitable manner. This tongue or fiap is adapted to -frictionally engageand clamp the hair between itself and the member 'I'O when the hair iswound around the same. In other respects the construction may be thesame as in the first modification.

In Figure 4 the body of the member Ill" is made to widen towards itsends as at 10 1 0 whereby the displacement of the hair curled aroundsaid member will be prevented from sliding off the same.

Suitable means may be used for shortening the loop l2 for greatertightness, to cause the flexible member to assume a curved shape if suchbe desired. Such means may be a bead adjustably strung on the loop asshown. The free end l2b of the loop may serve as a handle.

The body of the flexible member may be perforated as at I0 for causingquick drying.

In use the hair of the user is passed either between the elastic cordand flexible member ID or between the flap l3 and said member, thenwound around the same as many times as desired. The loop I2 is thenstretched longitudinally over the member I and snapped into a notch Illbof the latter thereby fastening the curler to the hair of the user.

Various changes may be made in the construction of my device withoutdeparting from the principle of my invention. 1, therefore, do not wishto restrict myself to the details described and shown.

What I claim is:

1. In a hair curler the combination of a member widening towards theends of soft flexible material, a clamping element of soft materialfixed to said member and extending longitudinally over the outer facethereof, said clamping member being adapted to clamp the hair betweenitself and said member, elastic means fixed at one end to said flexiblemember for fastening the curler in curling position to the hair of theuser, means at the opposite end of said flexible member for engagingsaid elastic means and means on said elastic means to vary the tensionof said elastic means.

2. In a hair curler the combination of a perforated member of softflexible material, a clamping element of soft material fixed to saidmember and extending longitudinally over the outer face thereof, saidclamping member being adapted to clamp the hair between itself and saidmember,

55 elastic means fixed at one end to said flexible member for fasteningthe curler in curling position to the hair of the user, means at theopsite end of said flexible member for engaging said elastic means andmeans on said elastic means to vary the tension of said elastic means.

3. In a hair curler of the character described, a cylindrical bodyformed at one end with Wedge shaped incisions extending longitudinallyfrom the edge thereof, a hair clamping element attached to said body andextending longitudinally over the outer face thereof, and an elasticloop for fastening the curler in active position, said loop beingattached to the opposite end of said body and when stretchedlongitudinally adapt ed to pass into said incisions and to be tightlyheld thereby in its stretched condition and means for varying thetension of the elastic element.

4. In a hair curler of the character described, a tubular body formed atone end with. wedge shaped incisions extending longitudinally from theedge thereof, a hair clamping tongue attached at one end to said'bodyand extending longitudinally over the outer face thereof, an elasticloop for fastening the curler in active position, said loop beingattached to the opposite end of said body and when stretchedlongitudinally adapted to pass into said incisions and thereby held inits stretched condition and means for varying the tension of the elasticelement.

, 5. In a hair curler of the character described, a flexible body, aflexible hair'clamping element attached to said body and extendinglongitudinally over the outer face thereof, an elastic element forfastening the curler in active position, said element being attached toone end of said body and when stretched longitudinally adapted to engagethe opposite end of said body and there-- by retained in its stretchedcondition and means adjustably borne by said elastic element for varyingthe tension of the latter.

6. In a hair curler of the character described, a flexible body, aflexible hair clamping element attached to said flexible body andextending 1ongitudinally over the outer face thereof, an elastic elementfor fastening said curler in active position, said element beingattached to one end of said body and when stretched longitudinallyadapted to engage the opposite end of said body and be retained therebyin stretched condition and a member adjustably borne on said elastic.element for varying the tension of the latter.

7. In a hair curler of the character described, a body of liquidretaining material, a flexible hair clamping element attached to saidbody and means on said body for fastening said curler in activeposition.

3. .In a hair curler of the character described, a body of spongerubber, a hair clamping element attached to said body andextending'longitudinally over the outer face thereof, and an element forfastening said curler in active position, said element being attached toone end of said body and adapted to engage the opposite end of said bodyand be retained thereby.

9. In a hair curler of the character described, a. cylindrical bodyhaving laterally flaring ends, a hair clampingelement attached to saidbody, one of said flaring ends having wedge shaped incisions extendinglongitudinally from the edge thereof, and an elastic loop for fasteningthe curler in active position,'said loop being attached to the oppositeend of said body and when stretched longitudinally adapted to engagesaid incisions and be retained thereby in stretched condition.

ADOLPH REITER;

